Career：
Born in Tokyo in 1930 as a son of a river fisher. Shortly after the war ended in 1945, he started learning wazao crafting specifically with Hotei bamboo under Saotoshi. AFter 12 years of learning, he opened his own atlier/tackle store. Around the 1970's he closed the tackle shop and focused solely on crafting wazao.
Story：
He personally liked fishing Ayu, and made rods for it with passion. He had a strong connection with fishers in Kano river who are known as the bestw Ayu fishers. His rods made for stream-fishing were called "Fuchu Tenkar" and was loved especially by the members of the Japan Stream-Fishing Association.